Omar Abu Layla

Omar Abu Layla is the executive director of Deir Ezzor 24, a research and analysis organization that focuses on reporting on events in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor, Abu Layla’s home province. Abu Layla obtained a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University.

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Assad’s Hidden Hand in the Uprising Against the Kurds in Eastern Syria

Argument

Middle East

September 4. 2023

Assad’s Hidden Hand in the Uprising Against the Kurds in Eastern Syria

In the months leading up to the current unrest, the focus of the U.S.-led forces shifted from combating jihadist cells to monitoring a plan to expel the Kurds from the area, with the help of individuals linked to the Assad regime.

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Omar Abu Layla